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**vipdumpp** · 09-01-2010, 08:39 AM

Originally Posted by KoolAid900 what constitutes blind faith and what constitutes "reasonable confidence."

This question turns on verifiable evidence. Right, that is what I am trying to get at. At what point does evidence establish truth? That's why I mentioned burdens of proof as ways to describe at what point we as individuals consider evidence as sufficient to establish truth. For myself, I usually consider something as a possibility when there is a reasonable suspicion that it could exist (kinda redundant I guess). I usually will refer to something as true when there is slightly more evidence in its favor than for the other alternative. I don't mind a low burden of proof because I feel that truth is relative anyway.

However, if someone else only considers something true when evidence is beyond a reasonable doubt, then there idea of verifiable evidence will differ. This also means that their definition of blind faith will differ I imagine...

09-01-2010, 08:39 AM	#18
vipdumpp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	Originally Posted by KoolAid900 what constitutes blind faith and what constitutes "reasonable confidence." This question turns on verifiable evidence. Right, that is what I am trying to get at. At what point does evidence establish truth? That's why I mentioned burdens of proof as ways to describe at what point we as individuals consider evidence as sufficient to establish truth. For myself, I usually consider something as a possibility when there is a reasonable suspicion that it could exist (kinda redundant I guess). I usually will refer to something as true when there is slightly more evidence in its favor than for the other alternative. I don't mind a low burden of proof because I feel that truth is relative anyway. However, if someone else only considers something true when evidence is beyond a reasonable doubt, then there idea of verifiable evidence will differ. This also means that their definition of blind faith will differ I imagine...
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